Carbon Canyon Dam
Carbon Canyon Dam is a dam at the northern edge of Orange County, California. The dam is approximately 4 miles east of the city of Brea and approximately 12 miles north of the city of Santa Ana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carbon Canyon Regional Park and Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
Carbon Canyon Regional Park
Park
Photo: MorbidEntree, CC0.
Carbon Canyon Regional Park is a regional park in Brea, California, that was created after the Carbon Canyon Creek was dammed. It links up with Chino Hills State Park on the east side.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
Museum
Photo: Sorcha, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and burial site of Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, and his wife Pat Nixon. Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum is situated 2 miles southeast of Carbon Canyon Dam.
A. S. Bradford House
Museum
Photo: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The A. S. Bradford House, also known as The Bradford House, is a historic home in Placentia, California. It was the home of Albert Sumner Bradford, who founded Placentia by arranging for establishment of a water tank along the railway. A. S. Bradford House is situated 2 miles southwest of Carbon Canyon Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yorba Linda and Olinda.
Yorba Linda
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yorba Linda is a city in Orange County and a suburb of Los Angeles in Southern California. Its most famous resident was Richard Nixon. His birthplace is a National Historic Landmark, at his presidential library and museum located there.
Olinda
Suburb
Olinda is a neighborhood in Brea, California, located on Carbon Canyon Road east of the rest of the city. The original village was founded in the 1890s and grew when petroleum was discovered at the adjacent Brea-Olinda Oil Field. Olinda is situated 2 miles northeast of Carbon Canyon Dam.
Brea
Photo: Jonnyboyca, Public domain.
Brea is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 47,325. It is 33 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
Carbon Canyon Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Orange County, California, United States of America
- Location: Orange County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.91373° or 33° 54′ 49″ northLongitude
-117.84035° or 117° 50′ 25″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
8554W575+FVOpenStreetMap ID
way 817127555OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Carbon Canyon Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Carbon Canyon Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد وادى الكربون”
- Italian: “diga di Carbon Canyon”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carbon Canyon Dam”. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.